For months now, DC Comics has been teasing its much-anticipated Absolute Universe, promising fans something grittier, darker, and meaner than anything we’ve seen before. The mastermind behind this bold new vision is none other than Scott Snyder, a comic book industry legend and the creative force behind DC’s Metal and Death Metal universes. With Snyder at the helm, expectations were sky-high. But the question remains: how much darker and grittier can Batman’s world get? That’s what I set out to discover in Absolute Batman Issue 1, and let me tell you—it delivers in every way. ...